Paul Henare Steps to the next level
Basketball New Zealand has confirmed assistant coaches for their national senior teams hoping to qualify for the London Olympics later this year. Former Tall Blacks captain Pero Cameron will be retained to back up head coach Nenad Vucinic, but he’ll be joined by former international and NZ Breakers point guard Paul Henare, currently steering the HBS Bank Hawks towards the Bartercard NBL playoffs.
This is Henare’s first coaching involvement with the national programme. He hung up his sneakers after the Breakers’ Australian NBL triumph last year and immediately guided the Hawks to the 2011 NBL post-season, losing to Cameron and the Saints in the final.
The Tall Blacks will contest a last-chance FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament at Caracas, Venezuela, from July 2-8, hoping to claim one of three spots still available in the London draw.
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